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Ron Milner

RON MILNER  (1938 - 2004)

 Nationality:    USA
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 Checkmates         Crack Steppin'         Daddy Goodness         Defending The Light         Don't Get God Started         Jazz Set         Life Agony         M Ego And The Green Ball Of Freedom         Monster, The         Roads Of The Mountaintop         Ruby McCollum         Season's Reasons         These Three         Urban Transition: Loose Blossoms         Warning, The: A Theme For Linda         What The Wine Sellers Buy         Who's Got His Own?         Work

Checkmates

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1st Produced:
Los Angeles    1987

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1st Published:
Contained in: "What The Wine Sellers Buy Plus Three" published by Wayne State University Press   -

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Crack Steppin'

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1st Produced:
Detroit    1981

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Genre:
"rhythm and blues opera" Opera

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Daddy Goodness

Synopsis:
A man is proclaimed the Messiah when he comes back to life - but he had only been dead drunk.

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Music by Ken Hirsch; lyrics by Ron Milner; book by Ron Milner; book by Shauneille Perry. Based on the play "Daddy Goodness" by Richard Wright And Louis Sapin

1st Produced:
Forest Theatre, Philadelphia    1979

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Genre:
Musical

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Defending The Light

Synopsis:
A young black man is arrested for murdering whites. His case is taken up by William Henry Seward who went on to become President Lincoln's Secretary of State

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Based on the novel "Seward For The Defense" by Earl Conrad

1st Produced:
New Federal Theatre, New York    2000

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Don't Get God Started

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music And lyrics by Marvin Winas

1st Produced:
New York    1987

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Genre:
Musical

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Jazz Set

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music by Max Roach

1st Produced:
Los Angeles    1979

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Life Agony

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1st Produced:
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M Ego And The Green Ball Of Freedom

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1st Produced:
Detroit    1971

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in "Black World", Chicago, April, 1971   -

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Monster, The

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1st Produced:
Louis Theatre, Chicago    1969

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1st Published:
in "Drama Review", New York, Summer, 1968   -

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Genre:
Drama

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Roads Of The Mountaintop

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1st Produced:
New Brunswick, New Jersey    1986

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1st Published:
in Black Heroes, Applause Books (2011)   978-1557830272

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Ruby McCollum

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Written by Ron Milner And Steve Albrezzi. Based on the book "Ruby McCollum: Woman In The Suwanee Jail" by William Bradford Huie

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Season's Reasons

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1st Produced:
Detroit    1976

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Genre:
a-capella musical

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These Three

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1st Produced:
Detroit    1974

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Urban Transition: Loose Blossoms

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1st Produced:
Harry Du Jur Playhouse, New York    2002

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1st Published:
Contained in: "What The Wine Sellers Buy Plus Three" published by Wayne State University Press   -

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Genre:
Drama

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Warning, The: A Theme For Linda

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1st Produced:
New York    1969

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1st Published:
in "A Black Quartet", New American Library, New York, 1970   -

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Genre:
One Act

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What The Wine Sellers Buy

Synopsis:
a carefree high school student, not good enough to become the professional basketball player he'd like to be but never dreaming of the easy life provided by crime and pimping, changes

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1st Produced:
Los Angeles    1973

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1974   -

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Who's Got His Own?

Synopsis:
Tim Jr has returned home for the funeral of his father Tim Sr. Tim Jr has no respect for his father who he thinks was a coward. His mother reveals that at the age of eight Tim Sr watched as a group of white men castrated and murdered his father. He then had to endure the same white men coming to the house to express sympathy for his loss

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1st Produced:
New York    1966

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1st Published:
in "Black Drama Anthology", New American Library, New York, 1971   -

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Work

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1st Produced:
Detroit Public School, Detroit    1978

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Genre:
Drama

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